Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-20
HARNEssED ELECTRICITY.
rur nosr BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED Muse
IN THE WORLD.

above the water. rum ttc Viu is'"
house which s,ood on The knoll When Mr..
johnson bought. could be seen Long L.
land Sound from Fort Schuyler 10 Bridge.
port. a distance Of 40 miles. The old
house was torn down % make way Tor
the present structure. which IL in Coloni'
al siyls. .bos, fifty fesisquarc. and three
stories high. The aides Of the building
are singled with implanted shingles lei'
10 obtain the .ilsery grey which only
years can give. Within the las, few
months Mr.. Johnson's place hasbeen the
obj,c, Of much curiosity TO people who
live on high spots alors the Sound from
New Rochelle TO Norwslk, owing to the
brillian, appearance Il presents At night
A. presiden, Of the Edison company,
the owner b. done everything in bis
power to show VIA, can be done In the
way Of lighting up country place. lie
has placed electric lights in gres, P'.fl-
,ion no, only through bis house. but in
the pi.rz.. on the a.g.pole. along the
drives. the barns and stables. ard even
on the tennis grounds. There are no less
than 200 lamp, used Ia from, verandas OF
the house. A, nigh, the effect from a
distance Of several miles Il brilliant and
pulling. The site is 90 high that cap
tain. Of the Sound boats say iha, no bet.
ter .isnal..srvies station eoald be select
cd, aud IL |. possible that some srange.
ment may be made by which the signal
flag. Of regular stations -ill be shown
from Mr.. Johnson. place Tor the benet'
Of the Sound nayigs,on.
Electric lights pa, 20 every conceivable
use and in wonderful profu'ion. are OF
course the chief electrical feature Of the
place. bu, by no means the only oae
Electricity has been pat az work IN a
dozen diifenn, way. l, pumps the VA
ter from 81, well. upor the place. !, opens
the gates. !, sends signals Of various
kinds through the house and grounds, u
work. an organ. IL regulates the temper
a,ure Of the house in winter and summer.
IL curycombs the horses, IL runs and
lights up . fountain. Il makes Ice. etc.
The lighting l.. ho~,ver. the wonder Of
the place. Five hundred ineandsseen'
lamp. are u.sd-sbout half in the house
md half oa,,ide. The hall. which Is fin
i.hsd In dark oak. i. chiefly lighted from
the top by eigh, light. 90 eoneealed by
stained gl.,. that |, |. hard 20 say where
The ,abdusd glow really comes from.
The dining room has .iS shaadslief.. The
pail0r four. snd the library four. Al
tie lights in these rooms ats controlled
from q small ssiieh.board IN each room.
~hieh permits any number q lamps OF
al 20 be TUNED on AZ will. The fire.
place. are fitted up With s,ainsd glass
imitation. ofliye Goals lighted up by eIse-
firstly. In connection with the burglar
alarm !. a switch ~hieh lights one lamp
in every room Ia the house and few In
the grounds. Ga the tennis ground The
lights ate placed in iron boxes sunk 20
the level Of the ground. 20 that the light
/. thrown up~sri and no, in the eyes OF
the players. In the siabl,s each stall i
provided with "a electric lamp.
The electricity used Is drawn =, will
from dyusmos driven by foriy.hors'
power engine. OF from secondary bat
terry Of 30 cell. giving ,en.hor'e po~sl
Of eunrri for ten hours Two No ~
Edison dynamos arc used. The switches
ate 90 arranged ,hA, whether one OF 81
the lamp. are Ia use the power !. ja,'
sufficient, Mex, TO the dyeAmo and bat.
terry. which j. IN building connected
With the barr. /, the boiler room. which
also contain. a fan driven by = sPfagu'
electric motor and used 10 send cool All
into the house whenever the ,hermo.,N'
placed throughout the rooms indicate by
rigging bell that the Temperature has
risen Abcve 100. The air from th'
blower /, zen, through conduit in which
pas, the pipes which carry water from
the wells 10 the house This water Il
Away. cold and send. the temperature
Of the air down TO Gj c. Ia winter The
aiI passes over steam coils TO be heated.
The temperature Of the house is Tot al
lowed TO vary much from 20 ?. winter
or summer.
Adjoining the dynamo room ia ID,
pump room. fitted up with compressed
sir.pump.. run by spngue motors 90 AZ
ranged ihl, they start and stop Auiomai.
ic.lly. according to the leigh, Of water IN
the house tanks. Every apparatus ia
the building !. fitted up With selfrgi''
iering instruments. which show upon
switchboard ia the house the exact work
done by each. the amour, Of curren, used
upon TIE different, circuits. the steam
power work, dynamo work. battery work
etc. The m, ch,nieal work is done with
the neslnes, and ,horov ghne's OF rsgu.
lar Edison station. Unless there u an
exceptional use Of the lights Tor several
consecutive day. |, is no, necessary 70
run the engine and dynAmos more than
every third day. the storage ba,'erie, Civ
ing cut sufficient current the rest ofth'
time.